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| 1,314,000,000 |
| people live in China today. The most populated country in the world. |
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| US $300 |
| is the average annual income in the countryside. |
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| 113.9 million |
| migrant workers plus their families have moved from rurual to urban areas. |
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| 10% |
of the population live below the poverty line. |
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| Over 1,000,000 |
| lives transformed through micro-enterprise loans to mothers. |
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| 6 missionaries |
| launched from China |
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| 2010 |
childrens ministry workers equipped |
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| Over 1,000,000 |
| Bibles & books printed & distributed |
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Empowering Leaders, Equipping
Workers
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| Background: |
When the Communists’ took over in 1949, China had one million believers. As the Bamboo Curtain started to pull back in the 70’s, everyone was amazed to find the church had literally exploded, despite severe persecution.
Today, the Church in China is approximately 75 million and covers the whole spectrum, with over 13,000 official Three-Self churches mostly in the cities and towns. The dynamic mission minded non-registered house churches, in the hundreds of thousands, mostly in the countryside. Home groups that nobody can count, and the expatriate gatherings of every kind, are also springing up everywhere. The good news is, everyone is growing; and AO is serving with all of them.
In 1969, we started our ministry to China, by producing radio broadcasts, translating and publishing “A New Bible for the New China” which is still appreciated today, bringing in Bibles and literature, and supporting churches and workers.
In the 1980’s, we started sending in teams to train workers and leaders of the fast growing Church, and set up footholds in China. From the 1990’s, AO’s modus operandi has changed to serving with China’s Church. |
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Serving the Community
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Serving the church:
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Migrant Children – providing medical
check-ups and hygiene education
Equipping Volunteers – training
volunteers to meet the needs in their
community
Developing Charitable Laws – working
alongside Beijing’s Ministry of Civil
Affairs to write laws, formalize registration
of charities, and tax deductible
giving.
Training Programs – for village doctors,
Chinese middle school English
teachers and students
Micro-enterprise Projects – providing
loans and training to mothers to assist
their family and community |
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CASE – China Apostolic Succession
Effort
KLI – Kingdom Leadership Institute for
missionary candidates
SON shine China – equipping children’s
ministry workers
ChinaBridge – connecting and equipping
the International Fellowships and
Third Churches of China
UBS – Underground Bible Schools
Sponsorships for minority students to
attend Bible seminary
Christian literature – publication
and distribution of Bibles and other
resources |
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Our 2006-2008 goals:
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To facilitate two house church movements
in their leadership transition
efforts
To train 40 UBS trainers for the multiplication
of workers
To train 2,070 trainers who will in
turn train 66,300 children's workers
To train and launch 10 couples into
cross-cultural mission
To provide medical check-ups and
education to 31,500 children |
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